Bahraini: Unilateral sanctions have worsened humanitarian crises

According to the foreign policy group Tasnim news agency, Ali Bahraini, the ambassador and permanent representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva, stated in a meeting titled “The impact of unilateral coercive measures on the sending of humanitarian aid and the performance of humanitarian actors” that the illegality of unilateral sanctions has been fully proven and clarified today. that the destructive effects of these sanctions have worsened humanitarian crises and violations of fundamental human rights. He also emphasized the ineffectiveness of humanitarian exceptions to sanctions and added: “It should not be assumed that such exceptions destroy the inhumane and illegal nature of sanctions.

Alena Dohan, Special Rapporteur on the negative effects of unilateral coercive measures on human rights, also said in this meeting to He clearly stated that imposing unilateral sanctions can lead to the violation of the fundamental principles of human rights.

In this meeting, he also mentioned the establishment of a mechanism to monitor the effects of sanctions and from the countries requested the member and other actors to support this mechanism. Representatives of international organizations active in humanitarian affairs and human rights explained the negative effects of unilateral sanctions on the humanitarian environment and on the performance of actors in this field from their point of view.

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